Re: FrontPage Date Format
by "Michael Tompkins" <mtompkin(at)pacbell.net>
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Thu, 19 Mar 1998 11:48:36 -0800 |
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"Gavin Jones" <gavinj(at)montal.co.uk> |
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-----Original Message-----
From: Gavin Jones <gavinj(at)montal.co.uk>
Subject: FrontPage Date Format
....... is now my responsibility) has the "Response Date" field checked. =
This is fine except that we are in England and would like the date in an =
English format (dd/mm/yy) and not the other format (mm/dd/yy)..
---------------
Gavin
Your Subject referred to FrontPage so here goes. I have been using =
FrontPage 98 since summer '97 (yes, I admit that I was a beta tester), =
so this is what I would do.
Using the FrontPage Editor , open the HTML dataset with the date "form" =
(I assume your mean the automatically updated date/time stamp, not just =
todays date). You do not need the FrontPage Explorer program active to =
do editing, the Editor and the Explorer programs are separate. =
Highlight the date form that you want to replace, click Insert and then =
Timestamp on the tool bar, click the pop-up bar for Date Format and you =
will find a number of variations of day.month.year, click one. Click =
the radio button for when you want this date to be updated, Display, and =
then click OK.
I have a couple things that might make the editor easier to use:
a.. Using the desktop explorer, click the right mouse button on the =
Start button on the Task Bar and open explorer, open the directory that =
is probably called Microsoft FrontPage, unless you changed the name, I =
almost always change the name to keep the versions separate. Notice the =
short cuts tucked right under the directory. Copy the Front page Editor =
short cut and drag it to your desktop. Then you can open as many =
editors as you want without going though the FrontPage Explorer. A =
couple more key strokes and you can make shortcuts for each dataset you =
are working on so they will automatically open.
b.. In the above directions for updating the date/stamp form, using =
the left mouse button double click on the date form twice and the editor =
will go directly to the proper form handler, i.e.. timestamp, without =
having to go through the tool bar.
c.. Word, with the install of FrontPage, will also edit HTML as text =
and web-view but Word has a different date insert form. I find =
FrontPage Editor's date form more useful on the web.
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One more word on FrontPage. Gavin, this is a general comment, not =
towards your question. I am a programmer and use developmental =
environments for my Java and C programming. I still edit the code =
directly but I also use the developmental environments for maintaining =
the programs in groups or systems and speeding my development time and =
productivity. Well, FrontPage is a developmental environmental tool for =
HTML and scripts. I do not feel that I am less of a programmer because =
I use my Borland C or InstantBasic for Java developer tools. I see =
FrontPage the same way. As a productivity tool. The tool was made to =
make me faster and, yes, I can develop tighter pages without it but it =
takes me lots longer. Ask a programmer what they think of the tightness =
of the code developed by a development environment versus what they =
could make with Notepad. Their answer would be something like, "who has =
the time to do that?" But if there is a bug, they can edit directly and =
fix it without the tool.
Oh, yes, there are somethings that I have not taken the time to make =
from scratch, like time stamp, or "linkage" cross checking and FrontPage =
provides them.
Michael Tompkins
mtompkin(at)pacbell.net
NetProgramming(at)HotMail.com
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<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>-----Original Message-----<BR>From: =
Gavin Jones=20
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href=3D"mailto:gavinj(at)montal.co.uk">gavinj(at)montal.co.uk</A>><BR>Subjec=
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FrontPage Date Format<BR></FONT>....... is now my responsibility) has =
the=20
"Response Date" field checked. This is fine except that we are =
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England and would like the date in an English format (dd/mm/yy) and not =
the=20
other format (mm/dd/yy)..<BR>--------------- </DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=3D"" size=3D3>Gavin</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3D"" size=3D3></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3D"" size=3D3>Your Subject referred to FrontPage so here =
goes. =20
I have been using FrontPage 98 since summer '97 (yes, I admit that I was =
a beta=20
tester), so this is what I would do.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3D"" size=3D3></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3D"" size=3D3>Using the FrontPage Editor , open the HTML =
dataset=20
with the date "form" (I assume your mean the automatically =
updated=20
date/time stamp, not just todays date). You do not need the =
FrontPage=20
Explorer program active to do editing, the Editor and the Explorer =
programs are=20
separate. H<FONT color=3D#000000>ighlight </FONT>the date form =
that you want=20
to replace, click <EM>Insert </EM>and then <EM>Timestamp</EM> on the =
tool bar,=20
click the pop-up bar for <EM>Date Format </EM>and you will find a number =
of=20
variations of day.month.year, click one. Click the radio button =
for when=20
you want this date to be updated, <EM>Display</EM>, and then click=20
OK.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3D"" size=3D3></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3D"" size=3D3>I have a couple things that might make the =
editor=20
easier to use:</FONT></DIV>
<UL>
<LI><FONT face=3D"" size=3D3></FONT><FONT color=3D#000000><FONT =
size=3D3>Using the=20
desktop <FONT color=3D#000000>explorer</FONT>, click the right mouse =
button on=20
the <EM>Start</EM> button on the <EM>Task Bar </EM>and open =
explorer, open=20
the directory that is probably called Microsoft FrontPage, unless =
you=20
changed the name, I almost always change the name to keep the =
versions=20
separate. Notice the short cuts tucked right under the=20
directory. Copy the Front page Editor short cut and drag it to =
your=20
desktop. Then you can open as many editors as you want without =
going=20
though the FrontPage Explorer. A couple more key strokes and =
you can=20
make shortcuts for each dataset you are working on so they will=20
automatically open.</FONT></FONT><FONT size=3D3></FONT></LI>
<LI><FONT size=3D3><FONT color=3D#000000>In the above directions for =
updating=20
the date/stamp form, using the left mouse button double click on the =
date=20
form twice and the editor will go directly to the proper form =
handler, <FONT=20
color=3D#000000 size=3D2>i.e.</FONT>. timestamp, without having to =
go through=20
the tool bar.</FONT></FONT></LI>
<LI><FONT face=3D"" size=3D3><FONT size=3D3>Word, with the install =
of FrontPage,=20
will also edit HTML as text and web-view but Word has a different =
date=20
insert form. I find FrontPage Editor's date form more useful =
on the=20
web.<BR></FONT></FONT></LI></UL>
<DIV><FONT face=3D"" size=3D3></FONT><FONT color=3D#000000><FONT =
size=3D3>One more word=20
on FrontPage. Gavin, this is a general comment, not towards your =
question. =20
I am <FONT size=3D3>a programmer and use developmental environments for =
my Java=20
and C programming. I still edit the code directly but I also use =
the=20
developmental environments for maintaining the programs in groups or =
systems and=20
speeding my development time and productivity. Well, FrontPage is =
a=20
developmental environmental tool for HTML and scripts. I do not =
feel that=20
I am less of a programmer because I use my Borland C or InstantBasic for =
Java=20
developer tools. I see FrontPage the same way. As a =
productivity=20
tool. The tool was made to make me faster and, yes, I can develop =
tighter=20
pages without it but it takes me lots longer. Ask a programmer what they =
think=20
of the tightness of the code developed by a development <FONT=20
color=3D#000000>environment </FONT>versus what they could make with =
Notepad. =20
Their answer would be something like, "who has the time to do=20
that?" But if there is a bug, they can edit directly and fix =
it=20
without the tool.</FONT></FONT></FONT><FONT size=3D3></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT color=3D#000000><FONT size=3D3></FONT></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT color=3D#000000><FONT size=3D3>Oh, yes, there are somethings =
that I have=20
not taken the time to make from scratch, like time stamp, or =
"linkage"=20
cross checking and FrontPage provides them.</FONT></FONT></DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3D"" size=3D3>Michael Tompkins</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3D"" size=3D3></FONT><FONT color=3D#000000 size=3D2><A=20
href=3D"mailto:mtompkin(at)pacbell.net">mtompkin(at)pacbell.net</A></FONT></DIV=
>
<DIV><FONT face=3D"" size=3D3><A=20
href=3D"mailto:NetProgramming(at)HotMail.com">NetProgramming(at)HotMail.com</A>=
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